What did you do for the 4th of July?

I know this is way late, but I'm taking a little break from the house hunt for a few minutes.

The 4th of July weekend was a good one. I was sad that I wasn't in St. George/ Cedar City with my family, but we made the best of it and had fun!!!

We went to the little parade, on Evergreen Avenue, where my aunt Denice grew up. Her family always does a cute little float for all the kids and grandkids. My aunt Shan and her family live close too, so they were there.

Here are my cute little man cousins and their float!

That afternoon we went to Oakley for the kids version of the rodeo. It was so fun, if we are here next year, Izac wants to do the mutton bustin.

(this is Izac and Justin doing the chicken chase. They throw chickens out into the arena, and you chase them, and if you catch it, either keep it, or trade it in for $1.)

Here's a little guy doing the mutton bustin, the event we went there to see. Izac was deciding if he really is up to doing it next year.

Then they do a calf chase, where they tape $ to a calf and the kids chase it, and try to get the $ and keep what they pull off.

Our little cowboy! It doesn't matter if it's hot, and you're wearing shorts, you still have to wear cowboy boots to a rodeo!

This is when Izac decided to give up being a cowboy, cause we didn't get there in time to sign up, and weren't sure we wanted him to do mutton bustin, until we knew exactly what it took to do it.

Snow cones can fix just about anything!

Cute Alex, enjoying the action!Justin and Izac watching the crazy rodeo.

Now That's a Bunch of Bull!!!

We then went to see Justin's mom at her new house in Marion (by Oakley), which is beautiful, and has amazing views!

But they weren't there, so we threw rocks in the ditch!

Then Dan and Liz came over for a mean BBQ. This is Dan's killer burger....SOOOOO YUM!!!

We had ribs, rootbeer over shaved ice, and all sorts of other good things!!!

Then we walked to the fireworks that they do right by our house.
(this is Izac doing cowboy fireworks, aka the cap gun;)

I had to cover Alex's ears or he'd freak, he hated the noise. He eventually fell asleep this way!

Both boys snoozing on the way home. It was a fun, hot, crazy, fun day, these little men were pooped!!!!

*on a side note:

We looked at some houses last night. If nothing else, we're eliminating houses we don't want. I still feel confident that we'll find our place. It looks like we'll be renting for a little while, until we find the right house for our family. Our agent offered us a great deal, renting one of his clients houses, which will work out great!!! We'll have to move twice, but we don't have to take everything with those storage/moving pods.

House Hunt

This boring post has no picture....sorry

Our condo went under contract a week ago, and we still haven't found a house.

I am stressed to the max about it, all I do is look at houses online, I can't concentrate on much of anything else. I thought I didn't like our place, and every time I walk in now, I am second guessing this decision. Our house is nice, not ideal, but nice!!!!

If you know of a (nice, cheap;)) house for sale, or where I can get some boxes-Please let us know!!!

I promise to post something exciting someday, like what we did for the 4th of July, right now I can't find the time to do it..... or maybe I will soon post our new house, if/when we find one??? Stay tuned

Well thanks for letting me vent, I better get back to looking at houses, getting rid of junk(ya right, I'm a pack rat) and dumpster diving for boxes!!!!

June Catch Up

We have been alive since Hawaii, although it's been hard to be back to reality. Here are some things we did in June.

It rained, A LOT
Izac's bike got in an accident. Thankfully without him on it. I still don't know who to be mad at, him for leaving it in the parking lot, or the person who didn't look behind their car when little kids were playing outside.

Our cousin Ben,(and my brother Kurtis) came to stay for one night. We played and went to the aquarium.

We went to Justin's family's cabin.

Where the boys couldn't get enough of playing in the stream.

We got cozy in our warm jammies, made hot chocolate, and watched a movie.

Justin always has to make popcorn in this old thing, because it's soooo good!
Alex loves to eat it Izac helped Justin with the wood pile

The boys went on a hike.

It was rainy, but we still enjoyed our time there.


Justin has been on a few bike rides with his brother Matt, sister Liz
and this guy, his buddy Brandon

We've gone swimming at Murray pool.

Justin took Alex on the "big slide".

Hawaii Day 7

Sunday, May 31

This was a sad day, knowing it was the last one here.

(I know it was Sunday and don't worry just because I have my swimming suit on doesn't

mean I got in the water, in case you were wondering)

We had our breakfast of fruit and yogurt on the Lanai

Took some last pictures, and walked down the beach by the condo. Picture towards Laie
Justin found a lounging spot
Then I got in my "Sunday" attire and we headed out
We went to Haliewa Joes again for their Sunday brunch.

Another beautiful view of the gardens there.
We drove down near Kane'ohe to the Valley of the Temples, and walked around this Japanese Byoto temple. It was beautiful and interesting, I'm glad we don't worship a statue, it was kind of strange! There was a sign and a donation box that said something like this: For a donation we will pray for you. Huh? I'll just pray for myself thanks. It was already $3 per person to walk around, and you had to pay if you wanted to take pictures.

I knew I would missing driving around with scenery like this. I couldn't quit taking pictures on our drive back to the condo. (Plus I couldn't remember what I had and hadn't already taken pictures of)

Here are some of the best.

One last amazing look from our lanai

The last look of our favorite side of the island of Oahu.

Looking back towards Kane'ohe

It was a dream vacation! It was definitely worth 9 months of planning, and waiting to go. I'm so glad we got the opportunity to do this at this stage of our lives, we just might have time to go back some day!

I have been so excited to share all of this, with all of you. It was such a renewing trip, for my soul, and for our relationship, undivided attention to each other with no interruptions. Justin worked so hard to make it happen, and I am so thankful I got to be with him on this beautiful island for a week, we had so much fun! Before the trip starting from 9 weeks away, Justin would send me little emails about Hawaii (Oahu), and with a little picture and/or video of somewhere we were planning to visit. It was so exciting to have a sneak peak of where we were going, and it told me how excited he was. I kept wanting to post about our trip, but didn't want to tip off any creep-o's(who hopefully don't look at my blog anyway) that we weren't going to be home for that week.

It was awesome!!! It wouldn't have been nearly as great without my

Mom, Dad,(SISTERS) Krista, and Kylee. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Because of them I didn't have to worry one little bit about my kids. They did so great with them that the boys didn't even miss us, I wouldn't have had it any other way! Izac even learned how to wipe his own bum!
and a big

THANKS to JUSTIN!!!

It was great, awesome, fabulous, dreamy, incredible, killer, mad(in a good way), amazing, beautiful, FUN, romantic, informative, and safe!!! With almost no mishaps(except for my pinky toenail)I hope there are many more adventures like this, with you to come!!!! I love you!!!